The Municipal Council of Zurich has passed two motions in favour of the city submitting a bid to host Eurovision 2025.
On Wednesday, the Municipal Council of Zurich passed two motions by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz– SP) and the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz – GLP) in favour of the city hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. In their proposals, both parties higlighted the positive economic effects as well as the image and advertising effects that Eurovision would bring to the city. Marco Denoth, council member for SP, stated:
“We want to show that the Council is behind the event.”
The Swiss People’s Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei – SVP) opposed the motions, calling…
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